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verb

ri-ˈkau̇nt How to pronounce recount (audio)
Definition of recountnext
as in to describe
to give an oral or written account of in some detail a novel that recounted an American soldier's adventures among the samurai warriors of 19th-century Japan

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noun

as in amount

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Recent Examples of recount
Verb
In it, Viard recounts how she was told over lunch with Alain Wertheimer, global executive chairman of Chanel, that she was being let go. — Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026 In his filing, Wandner recounted that Roberts was 12 years old when his mother killed his father, an experience the attorney said left lasting psychological scars. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026
Noun
The recount commission agreed to toss several votes for largely clerical mistakes. — Cate Charron, IndyStar, 11 Sep. 2026 At the end of the day, Carmen Castillo, a candidate for the Ward 9 seat on the Providence City Council currently held by Juan Pichardo, also requested a recount. — Katherine Gregg, The Providence Journal, 10 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for recount
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recount
  1. describe
  2. amount
  3. tell
  4. total
  5. narrate
  6. whole
  7. chronicle
  8. sum
Verb
  • With a laser on board, a cargo-carrying vehicle can defend itself against drones during resupply runs, a role Rheinmetall has described as protection for autonomous logistics missions.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Warsh described the global shift toward tighter monetary policy as a common fight on prices.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of describe
Noun
  • Employees will lessen amount in cold hold and mark it for four-hour disposal.
    — NWA Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The Brewers have an exceptional amount of talent too, and Murphy's routine of pretending like his team is a bunch of humble farmers who were playing stickball out back a few days ago is absurd and offensive.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of amount
Verb
  • Some economists, including researchers at the Minneapolis Fed, argue the data don’t tell such a clean story.
    — Molly A. Wallace, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The company agrees with skeptics like the NFL that justices must eventually opine on whether states and tribes should regulate its sports event contracts as sports bets, a Supreme Court litigator working with Kalshi told Semafor.
    — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of tell
Noun
  • The robot has been OK on totals this season (4-3), so maybe this is a smart move.
    — Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Trudy was expected to bring 4-8 inches (10-20 centimeters) of rain through the weekend, with isolated totals of around 12 inches (30 centimeters) along and near the coast in Michoacan, Colima and Jalisco.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of total
Verb
  • The screening will be followed by a conversation with Coburn and actor Jeffrey Wright, who narrates Du Bois’ work in the film.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Today’s Theme This puzzle narrates a breakdown in communication that takes place, presumably, on a video call.
    — Sam Corbin, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of narrate
Noun
  • Speeding up one part does not necessarily speed up the whole.
    — Luis Aburto, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Cooked, though, is like a film about said playground, each shot carefully captured and then edited into a strange and multivalent whole that could take a lifetime to parse.
    — Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of whole
Verb
  • Her Pulitzer Prize-winning 2025 memoir, Things in Nature Merely Grow, chronicled the loss of her sons and her effort to go on.
    — Terry Gross, NPR, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Michael Jackson‘s iconic performance during the the 1993 Super Bowl halftime show will be chronicled in a new documentary coming to Hulu and ESPN.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of chronicle
Noun
  • Here, the seller advances a sum of money to the buyer’s lender, which then reduces the buyer’s mortgage rate for a certain period, usually a year or two.
    — Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Some companies are loath to spend large sums of money on new equipment when there are no tangible benefits or savings.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of sum

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“Recount.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recount. Accessed 19 Oct. 2026.

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